Sauxillanges

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Sauxillanges
Sauxillanges coat of arms
Sauxillanges (France)
Sauxillanges
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Brassac-les-Mines
Community association Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Coordinates 45 ° 33 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 33 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E
height 418-667 m
surface 24.90 km 2
Residents 1,255 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63490
INSEE code 63415

Sauxillanges - town view

Sauxillanges is a French commune with 1,255 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Issoire in the canton of Brassac-les-Mines .

location

Sauxillanges is located on the eastern slopes of the Limagne about 46 kilometers southeast of Clermont-Ferrand and a good twelve kilometers (driving distance) east of Issoire . Usson , one of the most beautiful villages in France, is only five kilometers away. Neighboring communities of Sauxillanges are

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 1,151 1,165 1,114 1,135 1.109 1,082 1,133

Parish partnership

Attractions

  • The ruins of the Abbey of St-Pierre et St-Paul (12th century, Monument historique, private property). The abbey was founded in 927 by Acfred, Count of Auvergne; the necessary land was already donated by Duke Wilhelm I of Aquitaine († 918). In 1062 the monastery was downgraded to the rank of a priory dependent on Cluny . Pierre de Montboissier, who later became Petrus Venerabilis , entered the Sauxillanges monastery around 1110 at the age of 14 or 16.
  • The Notre-Dame-du-Bois chapel (11th century, Monument historique , private property) was the prior's former private chapel. Its late Gothic vault dates from the 15th century and has some notable keystones .
  • The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (10th century, Monument historique ) was also rebuilt in the 12th, 15th and 18th centuries. It is only partially preserved.
  • A house on the Place du Marchidial (16th century, Monument historique ) still has a late medieval spiral staircase.
  • When building a house in the Rue de la Halle (15th century, Monument historique ), a defensive tower was integrated into the city wall.
  • The Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park is just a few kilometers away.
Sauxillanges - Grande Place

literature

  • A. Achard: Le prieuré Sauxillanges, in: Le Moniteur d'Issoire , 1939–1940, 121 épisodes.
  • J.-P. Chambon: L'onomastique du censier interpolé (approx. 946) dans la charte de fondation du monastère auvergnat de Sauxillanges in: Revue de linguistique romane , Volume 68, 2004, pp. 105-180.
  • J. Lacombat: En Auvergne au pays des volcans, des lacs, des châteaux, des églises. Sauxillanges, site clunisien (2004)
  • M. Toulemont: Sauxillanges in: Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, Volume LXXXV, No. 628 (1971), pp. 3-68.
  • M. Toulemont: Le prieuré bénédictin de Sauxillanges in: Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, Volume LXXXVI, No. 702 (1973), pp. 125-158.
  • C. Vezon: Les réalités architecturales du bâti du prieuré de Sauxillanges, XIIe – XVe siècles (2006)

Web links

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